f - [bugfix] [ModelicaSystemABC] fix _prepare_input_data() - ensure returned data is dict[str, str]

Author: syntron

OMPython/modelica_system_abc.py

@@ -765,6 +765,8 @@ def prepare_str(str_in: str) -> dict[str, str]:
             key_val_list: list[str] = str_in.split("=")
             if len(key_val_list) != 2:
                 raise ModelicaSystemError(f"Invalid 'key=value' pair: {str_in}")
+            if len(key_val_list[0]) == 0:
+                raise ModelicaSystemError(f"Empty key: {str_in}")
 
             input_data_from_str: dict[str, str] = {str(key_val_list[0]): str(key_val_list[1])}
 
@@ -792,7 +794,12 @@ def prepare_str(str_in: str) -> dict[str, str]:
                         raise ModelicaSystemError(f"Invalid input data type for set*() function: {type(item)}!")
                     input_data = input_data | prepare_str(item)
             elif isinstance(input_arg, dict):
-                input_data = input_data | input_arg
+                input_arg_str: dict[str, str] = {}
+                for key, val in input_arg:
+                    if not isinstance(key, str) or len(key) == 0:
+                        raise ModelicaSystemError(f"Invalid key for set*() functions: {repr(key)}")
+                    input_arg_str[key] = str(val)
+                input_data = input_data | input_arg_str
             else:
                 raise ModelicaSystemError(f"Invalid input data type for set*() function: {type(input_arg)}!")